Darren Dreger

And, you know, that's the Stanley Cup final and hoisting that Stanley Cup.

There's no guarantee that McCrimmon and that group are going to say, all right, Bruce, yeah, no problem.

You know, it's an Eastern Conference-based team, so we'll give you permission to go there.

There's no guarantee of that.

I expect that that's more likely than what we've already been through.

with the Vegas Golden Knights showing zero interest in allowing perhaps the Oilers or the LA Kings to get better with Bruce Cassidy on their bench.

So, you know, LA has looked after their guy in hiring Peter Laviolette, and we've talked about the Edmonton Oilers, so Bruce Cassidy to Toronto does make some sense, provided Vegas is okay with it.

Bruce wants to be the coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, and the Toronto Maple Leafs seeing him as the right fit at this time.

Tell you what, following the footsteps of Jim Nance, that was a tough one.

Find a few of the boys.

I'll get on that, fellas.

Thanks, Drex.

I will.

Well, we're feeling pretty good.

I'd like to give you the inside information as to how I got here, but I'm not going to do that because it's a long explanation.

I will tell you this much, Lou.

I will tell you this much.

Upon leaving the hotel, which isn't that far away from the arena, I was stopped in the hallway along with Mark Masters in the lobby of the hotel.

Huge Jeff O'Neill fans.

Huge Jeff O'Neill fans.